Eclipse Cookbook

2.15. Creating a Bookmark

Problem

You want to come back to a location in a file at a later time.

Solution

Create a bookmark by right-clicking the marker bar in an editor and specifying a name for the bookmark in the New Bookmark dialog.

Discussion

You’re editing code, and suddenly it’s quitting time. How can you save your place? Create a bookmark, and come back to it later by double-clicking that bookmark in the Bookmarks view. You create the bookmark by right-clicking the marker bar and naming the bookmark in the New Bookmark dialog. The bookmark will appear in the marker bar, as shown in Figure 2-14.

Figure 2-14. Using a bookmark

When you want to come back to the bookmarked location later, just open the Bookmarks view by selecting Window→ Show View→ Other→ Basics→ Bookmarks. You can see the bookmark we created in the Bookmarks view at the bottom of Figure 2-14; double-clicking it opens the bookmarked line in an editor.

As you’d expect, bookmarks work even if the file with the bookmark is closed; when you double-click the bookmark, that file opens automatically.